Chapter IIIThe
Local Economy

It was cited
that about 70% of the local requirement
for palay is being imported from General
Santos City, Iloilo City and Zamboanga del
Sur. However, during peak season of
harvest for palay production, palay is
exported to Basilan, Jolo, Tawi-Tawi, and
Zamboanga
del Norte (Siocon).

Vegetable Marketing

Discussions on
vegetable marketing are directly drawn
from the marketing and Information Needs
Assessment Report, Zamboanga City of the
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (1994).

Vegetables are
sold by the farmers on wholesale basis at
the farm level to traders and middlemen
and are available the whole year round.
The peak of production and trading are
during the months of November to January.
Vegetables produced in Zamboanga City are
traded in Sulu, Basilan and Tawi-Tawi.

During lean
months (February to October), the city
imports vegetables from other areas like
Cagayan de Oro City, Negros Oriental,
Metro Manila and Zamboanga del Sur.
Vegetables are also imported from Pagadian
(tomato) and General Santos City (e.g.,
cabbage, Baguio beans).

There are
several participants in the marketing of
vegetables in Zamboanga City. The farmers
produce the vegetables in their own farms.
These are normally purchased from them on
wholesale basis by the barangay assembler.
A barangay assembler buys vegetables from
one barangay and sells it to traders.
There are also interregional distributors
who source vegetables from two or more
regions and sell to retailers as well as
to buyers outside the province.

There are
suppliers or buyers outside the province
who buy vegetables from Zamboanga city and
sell vegetables in their province.
Retailers sell vegetables directly to the
consumers, the end users.

Banana Marketing

There are at
least four varieties of banan grown in
Zamboanga city. These are the latundan,
lakatan, and bungulan, and gardaba.

Bananas are
grown in Zamboanga City the whole year
round. The peak-trading season is from
August to October. Lean months are from
January to April. Farmers produce the
banana in their own farms and sell their
produce to large distributors. There are
also farmers who sell their produce to
large distributors and buyers outside of
the province. The retailers buy banana
from large distributors and sell in the
market (BAS, 1994).

Geographically, though, bananas are being
traded in Zamboanga City and then supplied
within the city, Zamboanga del Norte and
Metro Manila.

Fish Marketing

Most of the
fish produced at the commercial level in
Zamboanga city is unloaded at the Sangali
Fish landing Center. Tuloy and galunggong
are the major species. Fish species
handled for the export market include
squid, octopus, lobster and other large
fish species

The Boulevard
Fish Landing Center is a small
fish-landing center that can accommodate
only two vessels at a time. The said
landing center handles many small fish
species in small volumes. The fish species
commonly landed are tuloy and galunggong.

Small
fisherman sells to the assemblers,
exporters, and retailers or directly to
the consumers. The commercial fisherman
sells to exporters, buyers outside of the
province to buy the fish. The retailers
sell fish to consumers and usually have
stalls in the market.

A total of
187, 839 hectares of agricultural lands
are considered under the CARP. Of these,
110, 257 hectares are private agricultural
lands (PAL) and 87, 582 hectares are
classified as non-PAL1.
Private agricultural lands tenanted rice
and corn lands covered by presidential
Decree No. 27, Voluntary Offer to Sell (VOS),
Voluntary Land transfer (VLT0, lands
foreclosed by Government Financial
Institutions (GFIs), and lands under
Compulsory Acquisition (CA).2

CARP Accomplishment

As of first
semester of 1997, a total of 176, 782
hectares of agricultural lands have
already been acquired and distributed
under the CARP in Zamboanga City. These
constitute about 94% of the targeted CARP
scope in the City.

Disaggregation
of date on accomplishment by type of land
revealed that the land tenure improvement
(LTI) aspect of the CARP has been
completed (i.e., 100% accomplished) among
non-PAL (both KKK lands and settlements).
Moreover, there are 100% CARP
accomplishments among tenanted rice and
corn lands under the PD 27 Agrarian Reform
Program.

High
percentages of accomplishment are also
noted for land under the VLT (97%), GFIs
(96%), and VOS (90%). The unfinished
business of agrarian reform mainly
involves lands for compulsory acquisition
of greater than 24 to 50 hectares in which
only about one-third of the target has
been acquired and distributed. These are
the medium-sized agricultural lands, which
are quite difficult to acquire.

To date, there
are 11, 057 hectares of land for
acquisition and distribution under the
CARP in Zamboanga city. These mostly
include some 7, 529 hectares of land under
Compulsory Acquisition and 2, 204 hectares
of land under the Voluntary land Transfer.

Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs)

To date, there
are four ARCs in Zamboanga City. These are
located in the barangays of Buenavista,
Sta. Rita, Lumayang, and Patalon. These
are the areas where there is 100%
accomplishment on LTI, i.e., and the
delivery of support services to CARP
beneficiaries are focused on these ARCs.
It could be noted that the delivery of
support (and even social) services in
these areas ARCs are anchored on the
cooperatives existing in the respective
areas.

Land Use
Conversion

There are
eight applications for land use conversion
with the DAR from January 1991-August
1997. About 146. 58 hectares of land are
being applied for conversion. Of these
areas, about 73% are being applied for
conversion to industrial areas. The rest
of the areas are for residential purposes.
While the area being applied for
conversion may appear very minimal. There
may also be cases of illegal and/or
undocumented land use conversion.

Based on
export figures for almost a decade
(1989-1997), there are four (4) major
industries in the city. These are as
follows:

Processed marine-based products

Coconut-based products

Furniture and wood products

Gifts, toys and house wares

Table III-19
below shows that the processed
marine-based products (composed primarily
of canned tuna and other
marine/aquaculture products) compose
almost 60% of the total exports; followed
by coconut-based products, 32%;
furniture/wood products, 6%; and gifts,
toys and house wares, 1%.

Figure III-18
shows the trading flows of these
commodities from Zamboanga City

Figure III-16.
Export Performance, FOB Values, Zamboanga
City

Figure-17.
Export Performance of Major Industries,

Zamboanga
City, 1987-1996

Figure III-18.
Export Trade for Zamboanga City,
January-June, 1997

(In Million Dollars)

Processed
Marine Products

Marine-based
products processors have continuously been
in the major export earners of the city.
For the past five years, exports of
processes marine-based products averaged
50, 000 MT annually. In 1997, January-June
exports figures reveal that the city has
already exported 41, 842 MT. Thus, it is
expected that it will surpass the average
annual exports for the year.

The top export
is canned tuna, which totaled US$ 414. 55
million or 72% of the exports of the
industry and followed by pet food, fish
meal and bottled sardines for the same
period. Other products are either fresh or
semi-processed as dried and frozen. These
are exotic marine products such as
octopus, cuttlefish, squid, lobster,
oyster, seaweeds, sea sponges, sea
cucumber, shark fin/liver oil/meat/skin
and a variety of exotic shells.

At present,
there are 46 registered producers in the
city, either selling in the domestic
market or exporting worldwide.

The area
around the City is known to have exotic
marine resources, thus allowing the
industry to enjoy an adequate supply of
raw materials

Aside from the
abundance of raw materials, the City has a
fishing port complex with a refrigeration
capacity of 815 MT, and which could
provide the much needed support facility
for the industry. However, this is not
enough. Refrigerated vans are inadequate
to transport the products abroad. There is
also a concern for poor handling and lack
of skilled labor in the industry

The industry
has high potentials as evidenced by recent
investments (See Table III-23 below):

There are
three (3) major registered coconut
producers capable of crushing 1, 030
metric ton copra per day.

Products of
the city include coconut oil,
coconut-solvents/pellets. Coconut oil is
exported mainly to China, Europe and
U.S.A. For almost a decade, the industry
has already exported US$ 313.112 million
worth of products or an average of US$ 34.
79 annually. Exports have been erratic
though, with 1995 as the banner year,
registering US$ 77. 182 million exports.
From 1992-1995, the volume of exports
increased, but it dropped in 1996 to
98.588 metric tons from the previous years
of 190. 489 metric tons.

In 1997, the
industry has diversified to exporting
deodorized oil, Cochin oil and coco-acid
distillates, which together with the usual
exports of coconut and coco
solvents/pellets generated 88, 516 metric
tons of exports for January-July.

In 1995, a
newcomer to the industry invested P1.43
million for the processing of organic
chemicals: Cauric Acid, glycerine, and
short chain fatty acid, employing 500
persons.

Furniture
and Wood Products

The industry
is a sunset industry in Zamboanga City.
Export figures show that the industry has
generated nil exports earnings for the
past two years. In previous years,
products exported included plywood,
veneer, and other wood products, rattan
components, furniture components, wood
tiles and others. Since 1995, exports of
wooden furniture have generated US$ 1.332
million for 413 metric tons of products.

There are five
(5) registered producers of lumber,
veneer, plywood and parquet in the City,
and two (2) furniture makers. Some
investments on related products are as
follows:

Table
III-27. Registered
Producers of Wood-Related Products

Year

Product/Activity

Type of Project

Project Cost (In P million)

Employment

1994

Particle
Board

New

129.84

61

1996

Stainless
Steel Panel Board

New

4.00

40

Total

133.84

101

Source: DTI

Within the
recent economic development in the city
brought about by the Regional
Agro-Industrial Center (RAIC), the
ZAMBOECOZONE and BIMP-EAGA initiatives,
the industry could provide the needed
backward linkages for a construction
industry. Wood manufacturers such as
furniture components, parts and
furnishings have high potentials.

Gifts and
Housewares

At present
there are 46 producers in the gifts and
Housewares industry which include
producers of woodcraft, shell craft,
ceramics, leather craft, novelty items,
hand-woven cloth, dried and artificial
flowers/plants, Christmas decors and other
manufactures gift items. It is reportedly
dominated by cottage-type enterprises due
to the low capital requirement of its
operation.

The industry
is one of the dollar earners for the city
with exports amounting to US$ 12.274
million for almost a decade now. The
highest exports were registered in 1993
when US$ 2.102 million products were sold
abroad. Button blanks, rubber cup lump and
shell craft dominated the exports of the
industry to U.S.A., Japan and European
Union (Greece, Italy and Netherlands).

The industry
has high potentials due to the
availability of various indigenous raw
materials in the locality. It needs
further support though in product
promotion and market development
especially on product development and
access to trade information and trends.
Similarly, financing assistance and skills
development and improvement are needed to
enhance the growth of the industry.

Emerging
Industries

Processed Food

One industry
with rising potentials is the processed
food sector. Based on reports to date,
about 2,000 hectares have been planted to
various fruit trees giving rise to
commercial fruit production by nine (9)
identified large-scale producers and two
(2) community-based organizations. These
fruit trees produce mango, grapes, pomelo,
bananas, papaya, pineapple, melons, marang,
durian, jackfruit, guaple, calmansi and
chico.

Several
processing activities in the city center
on banana chips production for domestic
and export market. In recent years, there
have been attempts to export processed
food such as guava leaves powder, coffee
beans, nata de coco, tropical fruit mix,
frozen buko, and birds nest. Last year,
the sector has exported fresh mango
fruits. Though very minimal at the moment,
the industry has high potentials due to
the abundance of new materials for
processing.

The industry
needs more investments on technology for
fruit processing and product packaging to
ably complete in the world market. It also
needs intensified product promotion and
market development efforts, integration of
raw materials supply and processing to
ensure adequate supply of fruits for
processing and improved agricultural
productivity.

Ornamental
Horticulture

There are
about 27 identified growers engaged in
commercial ornamental horticulture, with
production estimated at an average of 53
dozens per month. On the aggregate, over
20 hectares are planted to orchids,
anthuriums, roses and other cut flower
varieties. Presently, total production is
not even enough to meet the local demand
for cut flowers

This industry,
especially the cutflower sector, is in its
infancy stage, but is a growing business
activity. The major concerns of the sector
include low production capacity,
inadequate post-harvest handling and
storage facilities, inadequate knowledge
on new production technology and
techniques, establishment of linkages with
concerned agencies to facilitate entry of
imported seed stocks, and assistance in
the sourcing of additional capital

At present,
the industry is faced with competition
from large cutflower growers not only
locally, but also in the foreign markets
in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and
Japan.

Garments

Zamboanga
City has seven garment manufacturers with
estimated combined total investments of
P10 million. It is a very small industry
sector of the city, with the domestic
market not yet fully tapped

Industry
concerns include the modernization of
technology and skills development and
improvement to enhance product quality and
productivity among others, so that they
will be able to compete with manila and
Cebu garment producers. Producers in the
city have voiced the need for information
on color and design trends.

Major Trading
Activitie

The city has
an age-long tradition of trading due to
its strategic location along the trading
route.

Conventional
Tradin

When the
barter trade, which the city had been
known for, stopped, conventional trading
intensified.

At present,
there are nine cooperatives composed of
Muslim traders engaged in conventional
trading. However, only Zamboanga Barter
Traders Kilusang Bayan, Inc. (ZBTKBI) is
the regular importer of products. The
other groups have no regular importation,
and instead procure their requirements
from ZBTKBI

Based on
records, there are 25 vessels involved in
this activity, with destinations such as
Labuan, Malaysia and Bitung., Indonesia.
These are shown in Table III-32. Zamboanga
City serves as a transshipment point for
“barter” goods brought to Davao City,
General Santos City, Iloilo and Dumaguete.

There are
approximately 3,000 active conventional
traders based in Zamboanga City who
primarily sell textile, garments, linen,
umbrellas, brassware, ceramics, traveling
bags and footwear.

In the city,
there are five major conventional trade
centers as shown in Table III-33. These
are commonly known as “barter” trade
centers as the types of goods have been
previously associated with barter trade.

Table
III-32. Vessels Engaged in
Trading and Destinations

Vessel

Destination

1. M/L
“Araceli-II”

Labuan,
Malaysia

2. M/L
“Dayuna”

-do-

3. M/V
“Fatima Tarhata”

-do-

4. M/L
“Golden Sea Horse”

-do-

5. M/L
“Hassanal II”

-do-

6. M/L
“Indah Nas”

-do-

7. M/L
“Lady L Joy”

-do-

8. M/L
“Lady Radz”

-do-

9. M/L
“Lady Rhiwada”

-do-

10. M/L
“Lady Treshia”

-do-

11. M/V
“Lalathazzomar two”

Bitung,
Indonesia

12. M/L
“Marissa”

-do-

13. M/V
“Mocking Bird”

-do-

14. M/L
“Noorlia”

-do-

15. M/L
Princess Tukay”

-do-

16. M/L
“Rashada-II”

-do-

17. M/L
“Saudian IV”

-do-

18. M/L
“Sea Dayang 2”

-do-

19. M/L
“Shila Weina 3”

Labuan,
Malaysia

20. M/L
“Sher-Sa”

-do-

21. M/L
Totoh Salam”

-do-

22. M/L
“Tripple J”

-do-

23. M/L
“Vaniza”

-do-

24. M/V
“Viking”

-do-

25. M/L
“Al-Shizamin”

-do-

Table
III-33. Major “Barter”
Trade Centers, Zamboanga City

Trade
Centers

Approx.
No. Of Stalls

Canelar
Trading Center

900

Baliwasan
Commercial Complex

400

Sta. Cruz
Markeet

400

Zamboanga
Multi-Trade Arcade

100

Sambagora

100

Total

1,900

According to
key informants, goods traded in this
scheme range froom P30 million to P100
million (US$ 100, 000) a month.

Domestic
Trading

Zamboanga
City serves as a trading and transshipment
point for domestically traded products.
The value of commodities loaded and
unloaded at the ports reveals an
increasing gap, depicting increased
trading activities inbound rather than
outbound.

From
1991-1993, there was an increasing trend
in the quantity and value of coastwise
cargo loaded and unloaded in the city.
However, in 1994, both dropped
drastically.

From
1991-1994, nearly half or 41.85% of
outbound commodities comprised of food and
live animals, valued at P5.3 million and
P1.3 billion annual average, 16.9% were
composed of crude inedible materials
valued at P2.1 billion or P537 million
annual average; and 12.6% included
manufactured goods valued at P1.6 billion
or P401 million average per year.

Food and live
animals have been comprised mostly of
fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic
invertebrates (dried fish and tuna) and
cereals and cereal preparation (rice and
flour), while crude inedible materials
have been composed mostly of crude animal
and vegetable materials such as seaweeds
and algae. Manufacture goods traded
outbound are largely non-metallic mineral
manufactured like Portland cement.

For the same
period, overall traded coastwise and
outbound comprised largely of rice, dried
fish, seaweeds and beverages.

There are two
(2) main public markets and 21 flea
markets in the city where producers and
traders bring goods and commodities to
serve the daily needs of the populace.

The two (2)
public markets are the Main Public Market
and the Sta. Cruz Public market.

The main
public Market has 47 stalls and 936 tables
which sell basic and prime commodities
such as fish and other seafood,
vegetables, fruits, meat, bakery products,
poultry products, rice, corn agricultural
inputs, grocery items and refreshments.

The Sta. Cruz
Public market has 663 stalls devoted to
fish, meat, fruits, vegetables, used
clothing, “barter” goods “carinderia” and
cafeteria, and 36 permanent compartments
for dry goods. Table III-=36 shows the
number of stalls of the daily markets.

Table
III-36. Number of Stalls, Tables
and Compartments, Main Public market
and sta. Cruz Public Market, As of
1990, Zamboanga City

To complement
these public markets are privately owned
flea markets located in various parts of
the city. Based on Barangay land use
Survey conducted. There are 84 identified
flea markets ail over the city with Tetuan
and Calarian having the most number.
Licensed flea markets as of 14 may 1993
however. Reveal this information below in
Table 111-37.

Table
III-37. Licensed Flea
Markets, As of May 14, 1993, Zamboanga
City

Business Name/Permittee

Location

Lucia
Alvarez

Culianan

Mohaimin
Bahasuan

Manicahan

Ramon
Cabrera

Sta. Maria

DKD
Livelihood & Manpower Service (SKUPA)

San Roque

Lourdes
Falcatan

Don Alfaro
St. Tetuan

Abdusalam
Handi

Recodo

Hipolita
E. Hipolito

San Roque

Baliwasan
Commercial Complex

Baliwasan

Peregrino
Macrohon Sr.

Talungatung

NARRA
FLEA MARKET

Tugbungan

Alfonso
Ongchua, Jr.

Labuan

Michael B.
Perez

Manicahan
(Mangusu)

Melchor
Quintos

Curuan

Arnulfo
delos Reyest

Putik

Rolando
delos Reyes

Tumaga

Rolando
delos Reyes

Guiwan

Jose G.
Sta. Maria

Guiwan

Emma Rubio

Tagasilay

Jovita
San Juan

Sta. Maria

Fe
Villaneza

San Roque

Eduardo
Saavedra

Tugbungan

Source: Licensing
Division, City Mayor’s Office

Complied by: Office of the City Planning &
Development Coordinator

Other
Support Services/Facilities

Zamboanga
City, being the industrial growth center
for Western Mindanao, has three (30
industrial/agri-industrial facilities, two
(2) in the west coast: Ayala de Zamboanga
Industrial park and Regional
Agro-Industrial Center (AdZIP-RAIC), the
Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone and
Free Port (ZAMBOECOZONE), and one in the
east coast, the Sangali Fishing Port
Complex.

Ayala de
Zamboanga Industrial Park (AdZIP)

The AdZIP is
the Regional Agri-Industrial Center (RAIC)
of Western Mindanao and in 1997, was made
a Special Economic Zone under the PEZA. It
is privately owned industrial estate
located in Barangay Ayala, which is
approximately 15 kilometers from the
Zamboanga International Airport and 16
kilometers from the Zamboanga Sea Port. It
covers a total of 200 hectares distributed
to the following uses:

Table
III-38. Land Uses of Ayala
de Zamboanga Industrial Park

Land Uses

Area

Industrial
and Special Economic Processing Zone

50 hectares

Residential (Housing project)

30 has.

(Low Density Housing)

20 has.

Commercial
Complex

15 has.

Golf
Course and Sport Facilities

70 has.

Mini
Forest

15 has.

Source: Doing
Business in Zamboanga City

There are 215
Industrial lots at 1,800-2,000 square
meters each for sale.

The
residential area is composed of the
following:

Low cost housing with land area of 100-150
sq.m each & has a floor area of 25-42 sq.m.

Middle-income housing that covers 12-15
has. The construction of which shall

Commence in 1998.

High-income housing will cover 20 has.;
and shall start in the next year 3 years.

Common service
facilities and the site utilities include
a road system and paved areas designed to
withstand the load of heavy cargo trucks.
Paved areas include the Marshalling Lane
with weighbridge station, parking areas
and open storage areas or container yards.

On site
utilities include the power system, waste
water treatment plant and sewerage system.
Other facilities include the following:

Electrical
Power System

Power supply
will be tapped from the 69-KV power line
of the Zamboanga City Electric Company (ZAMCELCO).
In support of the industrialization of the
city and to augment power supply,
installation of five (5) MVA power plant
sub-station by ZAMCELCO and the 100 MVA
power plants in Sangali by the National
Power Corporation is ongoing and is
expected to be completed by December 1997.

Telecommunications System

Telecommunication lines will include a
PABX system at eh AdZIP Central Office. At
present, more than 400 telephone units are
available, but actual installation of
telephone lines will take effect once
locations move into the site.

Water System

A deep well
has already been installed to serve the
water requirements of the AdZIP. This
shall be augmented by three (3) more deep
wells to be operated by the Zamboanga City
Water District, which will produce 2.000
gallons of water per minute. Recently., it
has completed well exploration and
development at La Paz and Ayala, which is
expected to provide water to RAIC.

One of the
critical off-site infrastructure support
facilities s the Zamboanga International
airport which has recently improved with
the construction of a new passenger
terminal building and the upgrading of its
runway.

Similarly,
Zamboanga City Port, the major port of
entry for the peninsula, has been upgraded
with the rehabilitation of the pier and
the marginal wharf.

The
ZAMBOECOZONE (ZE) was created by virtue of
Republic Act 7903 last 23 February 1995,
but made operational a year later only. It
is the only one in Visayas and Mindanao
and envisioned to be the hub for economic
activities and a springboard for the
promotion of trade, investment and
eco-tourism in the city and the region,
thus bringing about socio-economic
upliftment. As such, it is being developed
as an agro-industrial, commercial,
financial, investment and tourist center
and free port with suitable retirement and
residential areas.

The
ZAMBOECOZONE is managed and operated by
the Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone
Authority or ZAMBOECOZONE Authority, a
non-profit corporate body composed of a
chairman/administrator, a vice-chairman
who come from the national agency task
coordinate and monitor special economic
zones and the like in the country; and six
members consisting of the City’s
congressional representative; the Mayor of
the City of Zamboanga, one (1)
representative of the City Council; and
one representative each from the domestic
investors, foreign investors and labor in
the ZAMBOECOZONE.

Envisioned
development includes an international
seaport and Freeport complex; industrial
estates; commercial complex; housing;
eco-tourism, agro-forestry and watershed;
educational center; and sports and
recreational center.

At present,
the ecozone consists of a 15, 445.56
hectares area located in San Ramon and the
Upper Pamucutan and La Paz logged over
areas. Other proposed ecozone development
sites are the Philippine Tourism
Authority’s golf area, R.T. Lim Boulevard
Reclamation and Zamboanga International
Airport.

The initial
developed area of 54.56 hectares in San
Ramon has already two (2) locators such as
the FABRECO Corporation and the Mabuhay
Satellite. The 15, 391 hectares in Upper
Pamucutan and La Paz logged areas which
were recently been proclaimed as part of
the ecozone will be developed as a
mountain/forest resort similar to Baguio
City for industries, commercial uses, golf
courses, eco-tourism, and agro-tourism
(fruit plantation). However, the 978
hectares of old growth or primary forest
and the 5, 666.75 hectares of second
growth logged over areas shall be reserved
and devoted as watersheds.

Recently,
there has been letters of intent for the
700 has. of virgin forest in the Upper
Pamucutan for eco-tourism to include a
200-hectare for a deer farm, 200-hectare
goat farm, 200-hectare for cutflower farm
and bird park/aviary.

The golf area
of the Philippine Tourism Authority at
Pasonanca Park (76 hectares) is also being
considered for the development as site for
hotels, bungalows, casino, golf courses
and the like.

The R.T. Lim
Boulevard Reclamation area of about 12
hectares is also being considered for the
development as a showcase for tourist,
with hotel, multi-purpose civic center for
trade fair, conventions, sports and civic
activities, commercial center, theme park
and marina.

Ecozone
enterprises can freely engage in any
business, trade, manufacturing, and
financial or service activity and to
import and export freely all types of
goods into and out of the ecozone.

Target
industries are light such as garments,
computer, fiberglass, reconditioning of
motor vehicles, food processing such as
aqua-marine/mango and banana.

On site
infrastructure support such as the road
network and waterline have been planned
and are now in various phases of
development. In particular, the road
network shall feature fruit trees along
the roads. A Master Development Plan is
now being prepared for the ecozone.

Zamboanga
City Economic Zones Map

Due to nature
of its operation, the much-needed off-site
infrastructure is a seaport. Potential
areas for the seaport include Recodo to
serve as alternate port for servicing
other vessels especially during inclement
weather, and San Ramon for cargo loading
and unloading.

The
construction of the San Ramon-Culianan
Circumferential Road would provide direct
access to the east coast and to limit the
interference of tractor-trailers with the
urban transport traffic flow.

Sangali
Fishing Port Complex

The Sangali
Fishing Port Complex is located in Sangali,
which is about 32 kilometers east of the
city proper. it is equipped with an
efficient fish unloading system,
systematic berthing procedures and boat
traffic at harbor. It has the following
facilities and utilities, namely:

A 160-meter multipurpose pier

A 308-meter landing quay

Slipway and winch house

Refrigeration building which contains

35 mt/day ice maker

50 mt/day ice storage

150 mt ice storage

70 mt cold storage (-5°C)

500 mt cold
storage (-35°C)

units of
contact freezer

10 mt/16 hr
brine freezer

ice crusher

a 1,300 sq. m.
market hall

support
facilities such as water supply system,
and shops for carpentry, foundry and

engine/machine/electrical needs.

The components
in the complex produce about 357. 45
MT/month of frozen squid, abalone meat,
octopus and fish.

SMI Fish Industry

Super Real
Marketing

Marine
Commercial

RFM
Corporation

LC Fish
Company

Alteza
Marine International

OR Crestying

Oro
Marine Resources, Inc.

Shie
Jie Corporation

JRMC
Home Industry

SUNRISE Export

Jermand
Corporation

Alto Marine
Export

OR
Export-Import

These firms
sell their products in both local and
foreign markets. Due to the high demand
for these products, this facility seems
inadequate. The refrigerated vans for
transporting the produce abroad are also
not enough.

As of 1996,
Zamboanga City has a labor force of 178,
000, 93.82% of whom are employed. For the
past eight years, unemployment rate has
been erratic. It was highest in 1989, at
18.9%, and lowest in 1991 at 4.2%.
Compared with the regional unemployment
rate, the city’s unemployment level is
higher and has historically been the
highest in the region.

Occupation
Group

Based on the
1990 Census of Population and Housing,
there were 166, 996 household population
15 years old and over. Categorized by
major occupation group, elementary
occupations such as market stall
vendors/street vendors and related
workers, domestic helpers, and laborers
headed the list of gainful occupation for
the population at 12.21% or 32, 605
people. The farmers, forestry workers and
fisherman, which totaled 31, 592 or
11.83%, follow this. Of this group, crop
farmers were the most numerous, followed
by aqua-farm activities.